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The price of fuel in North Korea has plummeted over the past month thanks to
Russian oil imports, according to reports that suggest Russia is ignoring
international efforts to isolate the rogue North Korean regime.
北韩的油价在过去一个月里终于开始跌了，
这都要感谢俄罗斯在运油上面的帮忙。
根据一则报导显示，俄罗斯无视国际上想要孤立暴走8+9的北韩政权。
Journalists with the website Asia Press International, which is based in
Osaka, Japan, and publishes in English, Japanese and Korean, reportedly said
that fuel prices began to fall in November. The reports claimed that the
price of diesel had fallen by 60 percent since early November, and the price
of gasoline fell by around 25 percent.
亚洲新闻社(在日本大阪的新闻社，并且新闻语言是以英文、日文、韩文为主)的记者说油价在11月开始跌。报导显示柴油的价钱跌了60%，而汽油则是跌了25%。
The alleged decline in price comes despite U.S. pressure and United Nations
Security Council resolutions aimed specifically at cutting off fuel to Kim
Jong Un’s regime.
尽管在美国的压力，以及联合国的安全理事会中希望能够中断对金小胖的政权运油来做制裁，油价还是跌了。
The citizen journalists allegedly claimed that “massive amounts” of fuel
are being imported through North Korea’s Ryanggang province from Russia. The
province, however, borders China.
记者宣称有“大量”的油从俄罗斯运到北韩的两江道(跟中国相邻的省)。
It is difficult to substantiate claims coming out of North Korea, a closed
regime where information rarely leaks. But experts on the region say Russia
and China both have a history of doing business with North Korea.
要从北韩口中证实这件情很难，因为北韩是一个专制政权，消息很难传出去。但是当地专家指出俄罗斯以及中国的确曾经跟北韩做过生意。
“There are a lot of trade channels that exist between China and North Korea,
some licit and some illicit, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Russia were
taking advantage of those,” Lisa Collins, an expert on the Koreas at the
Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Newsweek.
“中国跟北韩之间有很多贸易的通道，有合法的也有非法的。所以如果俄罗斯从这中间获利，我一点也不会意外。”韩国的国际政策学术中心专家Lisa Collins跟Newsweek说。
“We do know that Russia has given North Korea some oil in the past, and I
believe that there were some reports that North Korea was using ships to get
around the Security Council sanctions that would hide the origin of the oil.”
“我们知道俄罗斯之前就有给过北韩油了，而且我知道很多报导显示北韩都会用船绕过安全理事会偷藏油的制裁。”
In September, Reuters and the Washington Post both reported that Russia was
helping North Korea avoid U.S. sanctions and providing the country with fuel.
九月时，路透社以及华盛顿公报都有报导俄罗斯在偷偷帮北韩绕过美国的制裁，并且提供该国家油。
On September 11, the Security Council unanimously passed a resolution banning
exports of condensates and natural gas liquids to North Korea and capping the
annual supply of refined petroleum products at two million barrels per year.
The price of fuel had reportedly skyrocketed in North Korea following the
implementation of sanctions in September.
9月11号的时候，安全理事会一致通过一个禁止运送原油以及天然气液体等到北韩，并且将每年的精炼油提供锁在一年两百万桶油的限制。根据报导，九月在安全理事会通过之后北韩的油价高到靠北。
Given the limited scope of the resolution, however, Russia is legally
permitted to sell some oil to North Korea.
但是根据该限制的规范，俄罗斯送油给北韩是合乎规定der。
“It is no secret that Russia supplies North Korea with oil. In fact, Russia
is perfectly entitled to do so,” James Brown, a Russia and Japan expert
focusing on energy politics at Temple University, told Newsweek. “This is
because Russia ensured that no cuts to crude oil supplies were mandated in
the sanctions adopted on 11 September.”
在天普大学能源政治学钻研的俄罗斯以及日本当地专家James Brown指出“俄罗斯会运送油给北韩早就不是秘密了。老实说俄罗斯还以此为傲。因为俄罗斯可以确保9月11号之后就没有人可以被授权运送原油了。”
Providing North Korea with oil could be Russia’s way of rejecting the U.S.
approach to pressuring North Korea, Brown added.
Brown还指出，用运送油来帮助北韩是一种反对美国对北韩施压的方法。
“The Russian authorities are also generally against the US's policy of
maximum pressure on North Korea, believing that the policy has caused
Pyongyang to accelerate their nuclear and missile program,” he explained. “
Instead of further sanctions, Moscow favors immediate dialogue with North
Korea.”
“俄罗斯的官员普遍都反对美国对北韩的极度施压，认为这种政策会使得平壤加速他们的核子飞弹计画。与其制裁他，莫斯科更希望能够坐下来立即跟北韩好好沟通。”
On Tuesday, Russian state media reported that the Kremlin is ready to take a
lead role in pressuring Pyongyang.
而在星期二时，俄罗斯媒体报导克林姆林宫要成为施压平壤的领头羊。